One of the visual trademarks of a village or hamlet, and Saugerties is no exception, are their shade tree-lined streets. To visiting tourists, these tree-lined roads personify small-town life, but to local walkers they can mean twisted ankles, skinned knees or hands, because the stately old trees also mean heaved sidewalks that can trip up the unwary, or seniors who need level sidewalks for their daily constitutional.